drax in # movies • 2 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Blackboard Jungle (1955)American cultural hegemony over the rest of the world was established and maintained through Hollywood films and rock music. The former...drax in # movies • 8 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Seven Year Itch (1955)The Seven Year Itch, a 1955 romantic comedy directed by Billy Wilder, is a film that boasts the most iconic image in Hollywood history,...drax in # movies • 14 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)The genre of film noir has long been a subject of intense debate among cinephiles and film scholars. What constitutes this distinctively...drax in # movies • 20 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Ladykillers (1955)Sir Alec Guinness is best known for his iconic role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, which he, ironically, considered...drax in # movies • yesterday • 6 min readFilm Review: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)1955 was a pivotal year for the history of American popular culture. At this particular point, the American entertainment industry began to...drax in # movies • yesterday • 6 min readFilm Review: Night of the Hunter (1955)The author of this review could hardly remember a single instant when he experienced surprise while watching a film. Being pleasantly...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Marianne of My Youth (Marianne de ma jeunesse, 1955)In the 1980s and 1990s, we could see plenty of successful French films being remade by Hollywood, and some critics often saw it as a...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)One of the great paradoxes of American history is the fact that Hollywood in the 1950s – an era usually associated with Cold War hysteria,...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Artists and Models (1955)The most recent revelations about the Columbine High School shootings would probably add new fuel to the endless debate about the role of...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Dam Busters (1955)In the 1980s I used to spend a lot of free time playing various games on my ZX Spectrum home computer. Among them was The Dam Busters, one...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: East of Eden (1955)In the 20th century, one of the easiest ways for people to become immortal came in the form of early, premature death. At least, that was...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 8 min readFilm Review: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)The 1950s could never be mistaken for the Golden Age of Hollywood Science Fiction when measured against the technological sophistication,...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Senso (1954)Luchino Visconti, considered one of the founders of the Italian Neorealist movement thanks to his 1943 film Ossessione, is actually best...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)The gangster film is often perceived as an American invention, but this did not prevent other cinema industries from embracing the genre...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Carmen Jones (1954)Otto Preminger earned his place in the history of cinema by his willingness to push the envelope and defy limits considered acceptable in...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Dial M for Murder (1954)Every few decades, Hollywood studios attempt to revolutionise the film business by introducing 3D technology, hoping to captivate audiences...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 7 min readFilm Review: La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast, 1938)The railroad used to be an extremely popular motif in the first decades of cinema. France, where the Lumière Brothers' famous 1896 short...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Vera Cruz (1954)The third quarter of the 20th century is considered the golden age of Hollywood westerns, and the 1950s were particularly notable for the...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: La strada (The Road, 1954)The power of cinema as an art form cannot be underestimated, as it has the ability to inspire both greatness and extreme actions. This was...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: River of No Return (1954)“High concept” films are not a novel phenomenon in Hollywood, and examples can be found in the relatively distant past. One such example is...
